Quincy Jones: The Classic Albums 1956-1963 (4 CDs)

First and foremost, Quincy Jones is a musician, composer and arranger of some of the finest music of the 20th Century, and this 4 CD Set houses his very finest work. Eight original albums released by Jones on Mercury and other labels between 1960 and 1963, on which he was leader or co-leader, remain, certainly for jazz fans, the great man's finest hour. This set includes these integral albums in their entirety and in pristine re-mastered form, complete with full musician lists and release details, to make for perhaps the best collection yet of Quincy Jones's jazz recordings which pre-date almost everything this giant of a man remains most famous for.



- Disc 1 -
1 Mau Mau
2 Work of Art
3 The Little Bandmaster
4 Up in Quincy's Room
5 Wildwood
6 Evening in Paris
7 Elephant Walk
8 Tia Juana
9 Walkin'
10 Stockholm Sweetin'
11 Evening in Paris
12 Sermonette
13 A Sleepin' Bee
14 Boo's Blues
- Disc 2 -
1 The Birth of a Band
2 Moanin'
3 I Remenber Clifford
4 Along Came Betty
5 Tickle Toe
6 Happy Faces
7 Whisper Not
8 The Gypsy
9 A Change of Pace
10 Tuxedo Junction
11 Lester Leaps in
12 Ghana
13 Caravan
14 Everybody's Blues
15 Cherokee (Indian Love Song)
16 Air Mail Special
17 They Say It's Wonderful
18 Chant of the Weed
19 I Never Has Seen Snow
20 Eesom
- Disc 3 -
1 The Quintessence
2 Robot Portrait
3 Little Karen
4 Straight, No Chaser
5 For Lena and Lennie
6 Hard Sock Dance
7 Invitation
8 The Twitch
9 Soul Bossa Nova
10 Boogie Stop Shuffle
11 Desafinado
12 Manha de Carnaval
13 Se E Tarde Me Pardoa
14 On the Street Where You Live
15 Samba de Una Nota So
16 Lalo Bossa Nova
17 Serenata
18 Chega de Saudade
- Disc 4 -
1 Comin' Home Baby
2 Gravy Waltz
3 Desafinado
4 Exodus
5 Cast Your Fate to the Wind
6 A Taste of Honey
7 Back at the Chicken Shack
8 Jive Samba
9 Take Five
10 Walk on the Wild Side
11 Watermelon Man
12 Bossa Nova U.S.A
13 Baby Elephant Walk
14 Charade
15 Dreamsville
16 Bird Brain
17 Days of Wine and Roses
18 Mr. Lucky
19 The Pink Panther Theme
20 (I Love You and) Don't Forget It
21 Soldier in the Rain
22 Odd Ball
23 Moon River
24 The Theme from Peter Gun